Haunted PNF-404 | Pikmin 2 & 3 | WMGSO's Spring 2024 Full Orchestra Concert

Haunted PNF-404 - Pikmin 2 (2004) and Pikmin 3 (2013)
Hajime Wakai, Asuka Hayazaki, Atsuko Asahi, Kazumi Totaka
Arr. David Crisler
PNF-404, the main setting of the 4 Pikmin games, is many things. It is a planet brimming with beautiful natural environments, home of the adorable and loyal Pikmin. It is also a harsh, uncaring world, full of elemental danger and monsters to whom the player is nothing more than a tasty snack. The games even take this danger one step further, with Pikmin 2's Waterwraith and Pikmin 3's Plasm Wraith exchanging cruel indifference for outright malevolence. In their dungeons, which feel more like the setting of a survival horror game, the player must solve puzzles and 7ght their way out, all while being pursued by an invulnerable, unnatural creature.
This arrangement seeks to replicate the harrowing experience of these bosses, from 7rst encounter to eventual escape. In particular, it features music from the Plasm Wraith's intro, the Waterwraith's dungeon and chase sequence, and the Plasm Wraith's fight. Though over a decade separates the composers who worked on the themes in this arrangement, they have striking similarities in approach. Many of the "melodies" in these tracks use atonal tricks such as nonstandard scales and parallel chromatic movement, and most have layered rhythmic patterns that play out of time with one another. The resulting music is violent and unsettling, a perfect fit for the memorable bosses it accompanies.
Video Producer: David Werner
Video Director: Jarel Jones
Audio Producers: Cory Lemons, Jimyo Lin
Camera Operators: Jeff Thomas, Mickey Michalik
Onsite Coordinator: Sarah Huntoon
Audio and Video Editing: David Werner
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[@ZipZipperMusic]

Love this one! Orchestration/sound is so clear and the whole mood is very much like an action film score; you wouldn't expect it to be from such a cute game series!

[@WMGSO]

Pikmin isn't so cute now, is it? ❤‍🔥